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Next week I shoot an episode of CBS's sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and then I leave for my book tour for the rest of September... all the while, gratefully fulfilling myriad book publicity requests - whenever humanly possible!

Juggling acting and academics in one form or another seems to be the norm for me. Ever since I was a child actress, I learned to juggle schoolwork on film sets... running back and forth between shooting an emotional crying scene, and taking a History exam. Boy, that'll train you to focus on the task in front of you!

I've found it a bit harder to juggle things these days - well, I should say that I need more technique to get through it ... without a pounding headache. Luckily, my mom is a mediation instructor and taught me to meditate at a very young age. I haven't always practiced it regularly, but I'm not too proud to admit that I need it more now than ever.

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I've been so overwhelmed with gratitude at the emails that have been showing up recently. I received one of these amazing emails today, and I wanted to share it:

Dear Danica,
Last week, my 12 year old, Kelsey, and I were waiting in the doctor's office for her sports physical. We were flipping through a copy of Newsweek and saw an article about your book-I ordered it as soon as we got home.

Math Doesn't Suck arrived yesterday. I can't express to you how impressed I am! Your writing is so perfectly geared toward middle school girls it is unbelievable. I haven't had a chance to read the whole book yet, but I spent quite some time yesterday afternoon flipping through the different sections. The blend of humor, your real life experiences, bios on successful women and encouragement is truly wonderful. I doubt I will have the opportunity to read more of the book for awhile, as I am the mother of three girls. My 10 year old, Avery is in line to read it next. (It will be a little while before Maggie, the 7 year old needs it)

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Hello everyone!

After years of acting on television, I admit, somehow being an author now has given me a new kind of thrill that I'd never previously imagined. I knew it as soon as my box of books arrived. The big brown box arrived on my doorstep, weathered from shipping and stamped with an unceremonious white label:

Butterflies! Was that like, "McKellar," as in, "me"??

Well, this is very exciting for me, being my first book. And how wonderful to be able to write about something that has been a passion for so long: encouraging girls in math!

Let's face it; math can be very scary, especially to a middle-school kid. When I was in middle school, I would often come home and cry because I was too afraid to approach my math homework. I was terrified of even trying, because I hated feeling like a failure. Through the help of a few wonderful and patient teachers (and one in particular, Mrs. Jacobson, whom I mention in the book), I was able to overcome my fears and even discover a true love of math.

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Danica McKellar is our guest blogger during the week of August 27th. If you have any questions for Danica McKellar, add a comment to any of her posts. Here is some brief information about Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail:

“McKellar is probably the only person on prime-time television who moonlights as a cyberspace math tutor.”

—The New York Times

As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when math scores begin to drop—especially for girls—in large part due to the relentless social conditioning that tells girls they “can’t do” math, and that math is “uncool.” Young girls today need strong female role models to embrace the idea that it’s okay to be smart—in fact, it’s sexy to be smart!